| Comparator | Description |
| = | Equals |
| < | Is less than |
| > | Is greater than |
| <= | Is less than or equal to |
| >= | Is greater than or equal to |
| # | Does not equal (anything other than the search) |
| In | One of the values is present in the field |
| contains | Value is contained in the field |
| !contains | Value is not contained in the field |
| @ | Wildcard |
The following student search command examples can be used from the start page in PowerSchool.
*birthday=today – Finds all students whose birthday is today, matching only month and day.
*birthday=5/1 – Find all students whose birthday is May 1
*birthday>=5/1/99;*birthday<=5/31/99 – Find all birthdays in May of 1999
*as_of=2/1/2006 – All students in the school that were active as of 2/1/2006
*not_enrolled_in_period=1 – All students not enrolled in period 1
*enrolled_in=9500 – Students in course number 9500
*enrolled_in=9500.5 – Students in course 9500 section 5
*as_of=2/1/2006 – All students in the school that were active as of 2/1/2006
*not_enrolled_in_period=1 – All students not enrolled in period 1
*enrolled_in=9500 – Students in course number 9500
*enrolled_in=9500.5 – Students in course 9500 section 5
*not_enrolled_in=9500 – Students not enrolled in course number 9500
*has_completed_course=9500 – Students who have at least one entry of course 9500 on the historical grades screen
*has_not_completed=9500 – Students who do not have any entries of course 9500 on the historical grades screen
*cumulative_credit_hours<15 – Students with less than 15 credit hours on their historical grades screen
*attendance_points>10 – Students with more than 10 attendance points
*attendance_points(Q2)>5 – Students with more than 5 attendance points in Q2
*attendance_points(1/1/2006,1/31/2006)>5 – Students with more than 5 attendance points for January 2006
*special_program=resource – Students in the Resource special program
*hours_requested<10 – Students who have requested more than 10 credit hours
*secondarystudents=all – A list of students in all grades who are taking classes in the current school, but not enrolled in the current school.
*secondarystudents= – A list of students in all grades who are taking classes in the current school, but not enrolled in the current school.
*secondarystudents=5 – A list of students in grade 5 who are taking classes in the current school, but not enrolled in the current school.
*allstudents=all – A list of students in all grades who are taking classes in the current school, including those students enrolled in the current school.
*allstudents= – A list of students in all grades who are taking classes in the current school, including those students enrolled in the current school.
*allstudents=5 – A list of students in grade 5 who are taking classes in the current school, including those students enrolled in the current school.